John Anthony Copeland, Jr.
Male, Deceased Person
1834 – 1859
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Who was John Anthony Copeland, Jr.?
John Anthony Copeland, Jr. was born a free black in Raleigh, North Carolina. In 1843 when he was a child, his family moved north to Oberlin, Ohio, where he later attended Oberlin College. He became involved in abolitionist and antislavery activities, and participated in the successful Oberlin-Wellington Rescue. Copeland joined John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry, was captured, convicted of treason, and hanged on December 16, 1859.
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- Born
- 1834
Raleigh - Nationality
- United States of America
- Education
- Oberlin College
- Lived in
- Ohio
- Raleigh
- Died
- 1859
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on July 23, 2013
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